Improvement in anti-friction devices for furniture-drawers



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Anti-Friction Device for Furniture Drgwers. 7 No 167161 I Patented Aug.31,1875.

w Mg N. PETERS. FnOTQ-LI'mOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, 0 CV JOHN D. FREESE, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ANTI-FRICTION DEVICES FOR FURNlTURE-DRAWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,16 I dated August31, 1875; application filed February 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN D. FREEsE, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in an Anti-Friction Device or Oaster forDrawers for Furniture, of which improvement the following is a full,clear, and exact description, which will enable others sk lled in theart to which my invention appertains to apply the said improvement touse, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a parthereof, and in which the figure there shown represents a side elevationof a bureau or case of drawers, a part of the case being broken away soas to expose the part to which my invention is applied.

It is obvious that the drawers should be capable of being easily openedand closed, and hence that they must be somewhat smaller than theopenings or recesses which receive them, and that they must ride freelyon the ways on which they are supported. Allowance is also made for thetendency of the drawers and case to swell when exposed to the influenceof a moist or damp atmosphere. It frequently happens, even whenprovision against dampness is made, that the wood will swellsufficiently to bind the drawers and prevent them from being moved withease, if at all. In dry weather, or when the drawers are too small, theyare liable, when canted or tilted laterally, (as frequently happens evenwhen care is used to prevent tiltin g,) to become bound or crowdedagainst the case or ways sufficiently to render it difficult to movethem.

My object is to make a simple device especially adapted for attachmentto drawers, and carrying anti-friction rollers arranged at right anglesto each other, and so that the friction above referred to will beovercome by reason of the contact of the rollers with the case when thedevice is constructed and applied in the manner substantially ashereinafter specified.

In the drawing, A represents a case, and B a drawer arranged therein inthe usual manner. a is a rail on which the drawer slides. a is a siderail; the side rails, however, are not always employed, and are notessential, though preferable. The drawers may be prevented, by the sidesof the case, from too great lateral movement. 6 is a casting cast toreceive the edge of the side pieces of the drawer, and adapted to befirmly and conveniently attached thereto. The casting e is also cast toreceive the anti-friction rollers G and 0, arranged therein at rightangles to each other. These rollers are also so arranged that the roller0 will ride on the side rail or side of the case, and so that the roller6 will ride on the rail a.

The device may be attached to the drawer in any convenient manner whichwill expose the perimeters of the rollers for contact with the fixedpart of the case during the movement of the drawer.

The device is simple in construction and operation, and especiallyadapted to the purpose for which it is intended. It also forms acomplete article ready to be applied to the uses set forth, and isespecially serviceable to those engaged in the manufacture of furniturecontaining drawers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, an antifriction device for drawers forfurniture, the said device consisting of the casting 0 cast forattachment to the drawer, and to receive the anti-friction rollers O and6, arranged therein at right angles to each other, and set for contactwith the case when the device is applied to the drawer, substantially asspecified.

JOHN D. FREESE.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, N. O. GRIDLEY.

